Gungahlin's police truck and portaloo gone after outcry from rank and file

The command truck serving as a temporary police station at Gungahlin will be packed down and driven away after police said "issues [with the arrangement] could not be satisfactorily resolved".

Rank and file officers objected strongly to their union over the temporary police station set-up at Gungahlin. Picture by Gary Ramage

The truck had been parked on the forecourt of the Gungahlin Joint Emergency Services Centre to serve as a temporary "front office" for police after the premises, which is shared with firefighters and ambulance officers, was found to have contaminated material in the roof cavity and was deemed unsuitable to be used.